[Plugin: Page Links To] Link STILL doesn't open in new window

I read these comments and I STILL cannot get it to work. I added the open external link in new window plugin and still no luck. Any more suggestions???

I have left this plugin for a couple of years because it was not useful since the OPEN LINK IN A NEW TAB was not working.

I have just installed it again and I hoped to find this bug fixed but it’s still not working.

Mark Jaquith, do you have any idea when you will fix this main feature of your plugin?

If it’s going to be a late fix in the years, folk do you suggest any other plugin that does similar things?

Thanks

Thanks MissDeja! The “Open external links in a new window” plugin worked like a charm>

Fixed this issue

page-links-to.php (line no 212)

function template_redirect() {
if ( !is_single() && !is_page() )
return;
global $wp_query;
$link = get_post_meta( $wp_query->post->ID, ‘_links_to’, true );
if ( !$link )
return;
wp_redirect( $link, 301 );
exit;
}

Replace with below code

function template_redirect() {
//if ( !is_single() && !is_page() )
// return;
global $wp_query;
$link = get_post_meta( $wp_query->post->ID, ‘_links_to’, true );
if ( !$link )
return;
wp_redirect( $link, 301 );
exit;
}

It is working fine ??

ANother Hoorah! for MissDeja’s contribution. This has been the only way I’ve been able to get it to work as well. Crazy that it was this much effort to get something to do what you’d think it should do already!

@jayesh Patel

I tried your solution and it resulted in the entire website automatically redirecting to the external link onLoad.

@ratputin

Please use below code

<?php
$newtarget = get_post_meta( $post->ID, ‘_links_to’, true);
if ($newtarget){$target_link = ‘target=”_blank”‘;} else {$target_link = ”;}
?>

< a href=” #link-here ” > ><?php the_title();?>< / a >

It is working fine ??

@jayesh Patel

Sorry, but I do not understand the implementation. Should I replace the code starting at line 212 in page-links-to.php with:

<?php
$newtarget = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_links_to', true);
if ($newtarget){$target_link = 'target="_blank"';} else {$target_link = '';}
?>

< a href=" #link-here " > ><?php the_title();?>< / a >